EU Grants and Loans

Hywel Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2009,  Official Report, columns 70-1W, on EU grants and loans, how much of the above-Barnett formula additions were actually received by the Welsh Assembly in each year.

Peter Hain: The UK Government granted spending permission to the National Assembly for Wales on top of its Barnett determined budget to allow it to draw down its full allocation of EU Structural Funds in the 2000-06 round.
	The actual detail and timing of those draw downs were a matter for the National Assembly itself.

Departmental Conditions of Employment

John Leech: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2009,  Official Report, column 295W, on departmental conditions of employment, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of modifying systems in his Department's shared service centre to accommodate the workings of the flexible benefits project.

Chris Mole: The cost of modifying systems in the Department for Transport's shared service centre to accommodate the workings of the flexible benefits project is £62,700. This includes architecture changes, programming and payroll reconfiguration.

Departmental Conditions of Employment

John Leech: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2009,  Official Report, column 485W, on departmental conditions of employment, on what calculations the estimate that the level of take-up required to break even with the scheme is about two per cent. over three years was based.

Chris Mole: The cost of implementing and administering flexible benefits over three years is £173,000, including reconfiguration of the shared services centre system. To break even with the scheme will require a 2 per cent. take-up of the benefits we are considering, which equates to an estimated annual spend of £535,000, with aggregated employer national insurance contribution savings of £183,000 over three years. The costing model has been verified by Deloitte who are acting as our benefit consultants.

London and Continental Railways

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 8 June 2009,  Official Report, columns 24-26WS, on London and Continental Railways, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of  (a) St. Pancras International station and  (b) the high speed rail line from St. Pancras International station to the Channel Tunnel.

Chris Mole: The Government are currently engaged in a restructuring of London and Continental Railways. Following this, it is the Government's intention, as market conditions allow, to sell a long-term concession for High Speed 1 in such a way as to maximise value for money for the taxpayer.
	The estimate of the expected proceeds is commercially confidential and to publish the information might condition the competitive sale process and damage value.

London and Continental Railways

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 8 June 2009,  Official Report, columns 24-26WS, on London and Continental Railways, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of restructuring  (a) HS1 Ltd and  (b) the UK's interest in Eurostar.

Chris Mole: The restructuring of London and Continental Railways (LCR) announced on 8 June 2009 involved no further commitment of public funds over and above those committed during the restructurings of the company in 1998, 2001 and 2002.
	The current financial restructuring provides for the redistribution of support already committed to allow LCR's subsidiary businesses to be established on a stand-alone commercial basis. This will allow the value of those businesses to be realised in due course with a commensurate reduction in the overall level of state support.

Roads: Accidents

Andrew George: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 13 May 2009,  Official Report, columns 773-74W, on roads: accidents, what the combined duration of road closures in each police force area in the south west was  (a) from July to December 2005,  (b) in 2006,  (c) in 2007,  (d) in 2008 and  (e) in 2009 to date.

Chris Mole: The table provides the combined duration of road closures, due to road traffic accidents by police force area in the south west for each area of the periods requested.
	The information available is for road traffic accidents where the police have requested Highways Agency involvement. No data are held for those occurrences where the police have dealt with an accident alone.
	
		
			  Motorways by police force area from July 2005 onwards 
			   Duration of road closures in hours/minutes on motorways per year 
			  Police force area  July 2005 onwards  2006  2007  2008  2009 
			 Avon and Somerset 34:45 37:04 82:30 54:30 11:30 
			 Wiltshire n/a 11:50 21:05 38:15 4:25 
			 Gloucester 15:05 13:55 60:35 32:30 1:50 
			 Devon and Cornwall 0:30 2:30 11:10 6:25 0:55

Roads: Accidents

Andrew George: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 13 May 2009,  Official Report, columns 773-74W, on roads: accidents, what the combined duration of road closures on each trunk road referred to was  (a) in the period July to December 2005,  (b) in 2006,  (c) in 2007,  (d) in 2008 and  (e) in the period January to June 2009.

Chris Mole: The table provides the combined duration of road closures due to road traffic accidents for each trunk road in each of the periods requested.
	The information available is for road traffic accidents where the police have requested Highways Agency involvement. No data are held for those occurrences where the police have dealt with an accident alone. Also, the data available for all purpose trunk roads west of Exeter are from autumn 2006 onwards, and from July 2005 for other Highways Agency roads in the south west network.
	
		
			  All purpose trunk roads 
			   Duration of road closures in hours/minutes on all purpose trunk roads per year 
			  Trunk road number  July to December 2005  2006  2007  2008  2009 
			 A30/A35 DBFO 0 28:40 43:25 50:40 22:30 
			 A30 Non DBFO n/k 14:50 83:30 136:10 44:50 
			 A38 n/k 3:25 63:30 138:20 61:15 
			 A417/A419 DBFO 5:30 11:30 21:00 19:00 5:30 
			 A36 9:15 26:20 60:00 8:50 20:15 
			 A303 12:40 89:10 109:20 61:10 7:45 
			 A30 East of Honiton 1:10 0 0 4:55 0 
			 A4 14:10 0 2:25 0 0 
			 A40 15:10 13:50 6:50 9:20 5:25 
			 A46 11:30 14:50 23:00 12:00 5:00 
			 n/k = Not known

Shipping

Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1729W, on shipping, when he expects to decide whether to conduct a second consultation exercise on the draft regulations; and if he will make a statement.

Paul Clark: During the summer, consideration will be given by the Department for Transport, as to whether a second consultation will be required on draft regulations to control ship to ship transfers of oil in UK territorial waters taking account of comments made by consultees.

Speed Limits: Cameras

Theresa Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2009,  Official Report, column 19W, on speed limits: cameras, whether he has established a regular programme of evaluation of speed cameras.

Paul Clark: The Department for Transport seeks to identify and disseminate examples of good practice across the road safety field generally. In addition, the Department's guidance on the use of safety cameras recommends that speed and collision data are collected by the partnerships and the contribution cameras make to casualty reduction monitored and reviewed, at least annually.

Members: Correspondence

Mark Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to reply to the letter of 14 February 2009 from Mr. Colin Adams of Newport Pagnell, a constituent of the hon. Member for North East Milton Keynes.

Phil Woolas: I have been asked to reply.
	The British embassy in Moscow replied direct to Mr. Adams' letter to the Foreign Secretary, which was dated 16 February 2009, on 5 March 2009.

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to reply to the letter of 5 May 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms J Wilkinson.

David Miliband: I replied to my right hon. Friend's letter on 10 June 2009.

Serbia: War Crimes

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of Serbia's levels of cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in light of Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz's report of 21 May 2009; and if he will make a statement.

David Miliband: The Government share the assessment of Chief Prosecutor Senga Poranitz, as set out to the UN Security Council on 4 June 2009, and EU Foreign Ministers on 15 June 2009, that Serbia's level of co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has significantly improved in the last 12 months.

Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 22 April 2009,  Official Report, column 701W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, for what reasons the Waste and Resources Action Programme has ceased subsidising compost bins.

Dan Norris: The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) stopped subsidising compost bins in England in April 2009 and will cease selling compost bins completely there at the end of September 2009. Notice has been given to all stakeholders of this change.
	Since its inception in 2004, the programme has sold and distributed 1.8 million compost bins in England which are estimated to divert 250,000 tonnes of organic waste each year. The programme has therefore met its original objectives and demonstrated the value of home composting as part of a local waste strategy. It was appropriate at this stage for the issue of future subsidies to become one for local authorities rather than central Government to decide.

Waste Management

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the Answer to Baroness Warsi of 11 May 2009,  Official Report, House of Lords, column WA177, on waste management, for what reasons a clarification of published policy was undertaken; and what account he took of rulings of the Local Government Ombudsman in his decision to amend section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Dan Norris: The reason for amending section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 was to provide a single point of reference in legislation for local authorities. As part of any decision-making process, the Secretary of State always takes account of relevant rulings of the Ombudsman.

Written Questions: Government Responses

Chris McCafferty: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he plans to answer Question 270193, tabled on 17 April 2009, on domestic waste recycling.

Dan Norris: The answer to Question 270193 appeared on 15 June 2009,  Official Report, column 89W. I apologise for the delay in replying.

Human Trafficking

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 1227-28W, on human trafficking, how many of those foreign nationals convicted for human trafficking offences were deported on the completion of their sentence.

Alan Campbell: To date there have been 106 convictions for trafficking for sexual exploitation, five for trafficking for forced labour and three for conspiracy to traffick. Of these convictions recorded by the UK Human Trafficking Centre 25 people have been deported with a further 35 having received recommendations for deportation at the end of their sentence.

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to the letter dated 5 January 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr. A. Hamid.

Alan Johnson: My right hon. Friend the former Home Secretary (Jacqui Smith), wrote to my right hon. Friend on 20 April 2009.

Members: Correspondence

John Barrett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the UK Border Agency's MPs' Parliamentary Business Unit plans to reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's correspondence of 13 May 2009 on his constituent Mrs. Florence Kpakiwa.

Phil Woolas: The UK Border Agency wrote to the hon. Gentleman on 12 June 2009.

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he plans to reply to the letter to his predecessor of 29 April 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Florence Lolonyo Ami Kpodo.

Alan Johnson: I wrote to my right hon. Friend on 16 June 2009.

Personal Records: Data Protection

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Epping Forest of 1 June 2009,  Official Report, column 174W, on personal records: data protection, what the eight data fields of advance passenger information are that the e-borders system will capture

Alan Johnson: The e-Borders system requires carriers to provide the data contained in the machine readable zone (MRZ) of a passport. The eight data fields are:
	Name
	Date of birth
	Nationality
	Gender
	Travel document type
	State of issue
	Passport number
	Passport expiry date.
	This information has been checked at the UK border for many years, e-Borders allows this check to take place before travel into or out of the country.

Council Tax: Valuation

Bob Neill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 7 May 2009,  Official Report, column 384W, on council tax: valuation, what types of property data are provided to the Valuation Office Agency by the Stamp Duty Office of HM Revenue and Customs.

Stephen Timms: The property data supplied by the Stamp Taxes Office to the Valuation Office Agency are all such data contained within the stamp duty land transaction return, which is online at:
	http://search2.hmrc.gov.uk/kbroker/hmrc/forms/viewform.jsp?formld=932

Housing: Valuation

Bob Neill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 3 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1006W, on the Valuation Office: South East, 
	(1)  if he will rank each individual locality reference in each valuation area in the East Midlands according to its value significance;
	(2)  pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27 April 2009,  Official Report, column 1043W, on council tax: valuation, if he will rank each individual locality reference in each valuation area in the West Midlands according to its value significance.

Stephen Timms: A list of locality reference numbers, ranked in order of value significance by valuation area within the Valuation Office Agency's West Midlands Group, has been placed in the Library. The list is based on data extracted between 27 February 2009 and 2 March 2009.
	Information that identifies the extent and location of each locality, relative to the list of numbers that ranks each individual locality, is commercially confidential.

Housing: Valuation

Bob Neill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27 April 2009,  Official Report, column 1043W, on council tax: valuation, what the average number of dwellings is in each locality group in England.

Stephen Timms: On 11 June 2009, the average number of dwellings per locality group in England was 5,809.

Public Sector: Pensions

Philip Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 2 April 2009,  Official Report, columns 1390-91W, on public sector pensions, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department of calculating a revised estimate of the potential net saving in employer costs for the pension schemes for the NHS, teachers and Civil Service over the 50-year period.

Liam Byrne: Revised estimates of capitalised savings, such as were calculated in 2005 before scheme reforms were fully developed, are not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	The packages of reforms vary considerably between schemes, as will the effects on employer pension contributions and payments of pension benefits. Detailed questions about the financial effects are for the Departments responsible for the schemes.

Regional Economic Council

Bob Neill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27 April 2009,  Official Report, column 1046W, on the Regional Economic Council, what the name of each local government representative is.

Ian Pearson: Local authorities are represented at the Regional Economic Council by the Chair of the Local Government Association and by regional representatives nominated by the Local Government Association. These representatives are drawn from members of the LGA, but are selected in advance of each meeting. It is not, therefore, possible to list members names.

Valuation Office: Northern Ireland Land and Property Services

Bob Neill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27 April 2009,  Official Report, column 1049W, on the Valuation Office: Northern Ireland Land and Property Services, if he will place in the Library a copy of minutes of the  (a) 47th,  (b) 48th and  (c) 49th meetings.

Stephen Timms: A copy of the minutes of the 49th meeting of the Steering Committee on Harmonisation (Practice and Procedure) England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland will be placed in the Library.
	For the minutes of the 47th and 48th meetings I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) on 19 May 2009,  Official Report, columns 1369-70W.

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2009,  Official Report, column 828W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, what his estimate is of the number of troops likely to be required by Regional Command South in October 2009.

Bob Ainsworth: Troop levels within Regional Command (South) are a matter for ISAF.

Departmental Data Protection

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made.

Joan Ruddock: Under the mandatory requirements of the Data Handling Report published on 25 June 2008, DECC is required to give a summary report on data breaches reported to the Information Commissioner in our annual resource accounts.
	We will be publishing information on personal data security breaches reported to the Information Commissioner for the 2008-09 reporting year before Parliament rises in July. The information is currently being compiled and is to be audited and verified before it is laid before Parliament.

Departmental Manpower

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2008,  Official Report, column 628W, on departmental personnel, how many Civil Service fast streamers are in post in his Department.

Joan Ruddock: DECC was formed from the Climate Change Directorates from DEFRA and the Energy Group from what was then BERR, now BIS. DECC inherited 17 Fast streamers from BERR and 30 from DEFRA. The total number of fast streamers currently working in DECC is 47.

Fuel Poverty: North West

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2009,  Official Report, column 1481W, on fuel poverty, what the reasons are for the relatively high number of fuel poor households in the North West; and whether his Department has any region-specific programmes in place to rectify the situation.

Joan Ruddock: holding answer 11 June 2009
	In 2006, the latest year for which fuel poverty estimates are available, 14.2 per cent. of households in the north-west were fuel poor. In England as a whole, in the same period, 11.5 per cent. of all households were fuel poor. Table 1 refers.
	
		
			  Table 1: Fuel Poverty figures ,  2006, by Government office region 
			  Government office region  Percentage of fuel poor households in region  Number of fuel poor households in region (thousand) 
			 North East 16.4 179 
			 North West 14.2 415 
			 West Midlands 13.7 304 
			 East Midlands 12.9 236 
			 Yorks and Humber 12.7 273 
			 South West 11.6 256 
			 East England 9.7 224 
			 South East 8.5 291 
			 London 8.3 254 
			 England 11.5 2,432 
		
	
	Fuel poverty is caused by the interaction of three things: income, fuel prices and energy efficiency. Therefore, households with low income or very high energy bills are more prone to being fuel poor. In 2006, average household income for households in the north-west was below that of England as a whole, while the average energy efficiency rating, as measured by SAP (Standard Assessment Procedure) was similar to that for England overall.
	The combination of national programmes such as Warm Front, CERT and Decent Homes and local programmes and delivery through local government, partnerships, energy suppliers, Eaga and NEA (such as Warm Zones and CEEF) are all important in tackling fuel poverty across England. Government do not direct programmes to specific areas but the Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) programme to be launched this autumn is proposed to take place in areas of the lowest income decile as measured in the Indices of Multiple Deprivation.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 28 April 2009, on an emissions performance standard for power generation.

Joan Ruddock: holding answer 12 June 2009
	 I apologise for the delay in responding and will do so shortly.

Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer to the right hon. Member for Birkenhead of 17 November 2008,  Official Report, column 483W, on welfare state: EU enlargement, when she expects the report on the review of EEA nationals' access to benefits to be published.

Jim Knight: The main findings of the review were that there were robust rules already in place on EEA nationals' access to the benefit system but that a stronger test of employment prospects should be applied to EEA nationals claiming income based jobseeker's allowance, and that the Department's ability to monitor claims to benefit from EEA nationals should be improved. There are complex issues related to EU law to be considered before decisions can be reached on the way forward.

Council Housing

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn, Hatfield of 27 April 2009,  Official Report, column 1104W, on council housing, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the 98 written responses.

Ian Austin: Yes. Copies of the responses to the recent consultation on changes to the revenue and capital rules for council housing, will be placed in the Library when we have considered the responses and made final decisions on the exclusions process and criteria.

Council Tax: Statistics

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 29 April 2009,  Official Report, column 1340W, on statistics: council tax, for what reasons his Department has not responded to the UK Statistics Authority's notification of 6 January 2009 that it wished to assess and determine whether the Code of Practice for Official Statistics had been complied with in respect of statistics on council tax levels set by local authorities.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Following receipt of the UK Statistics Authority's letter, my officials met with the authority and agreed that no response to the letter was necessary until my Department has decided whether or not to seek designation. It was agreed that this decision would be taken later in the year.

Supporting People Scheme

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to ensure the continued operation of Handy Person schemes after 1 April 2010.

Ian Austin: CLG will provide £17 million dedicated funding for handypersons services, via a separate named grant, in 2010-11. This will be the second year of a two year programme to build capacity in the sector, announced in the Government's housing strategy for an ageing society, Lifetime homes, lifetime neighbourhoods.

Waste Management: Advisory Bodies

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2009,  Official Report, column 1164W, on the Waste Regional Advisory Group, what the  (a) membership and  (b) remit of each waste regional advisory group is.

Rosie Winterton: Government Office membership and remit of waste regional advisory group is as in the following table.
	
		
			  GO  Membership  Remit 
			 East None East does not have a WRAG. 
			 West Midlands None West Midlands does not have a WRAG. 
			 London None London does not have a WRAG. 
			
			 North East Chaired by the Government Office for the North East. Advisory in nature. Has an "informal" status. Members need to be clear that this will not be a formally constituted body: it will have no 'official' or statutory duties and responsibilities. 
			  Waste specialists from all local authorities in the north-east region. The predominant focus will be on local authority performance issues. 
			  Environment Agency. Principal outcomes: 
			  Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit. Efficient and effective standing communications between DEFRA's Waste Implementation Programme (WIP) LA support and key regional local authority waste stakeholders. 
			  North East Regional Waste Awareness Initiative (NERWAI). A collective arena within which all regional bodies with a stake in improving LA recycling/recovery performance can meet to inform, engage, 'join up', reflect and propose. 
			  North East Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership. Positive development of the WIP LA support programme. More co-ordinated working of regional networks and Government support programmes. 
			  Premier Waste—waste management company. Content and Structure of Meetings: 
			  SITA UK—recycling and waste management company. An exclusively Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) focus, though this can include other waste streams, providing the impact on municipal waste is evidenced. 
			  Groundwork UK—environmental regeneration charity. Local authority performance orientated. 
			   Concentrate on issues pertinent to WIP LA support (e.g. early review of emerging projects and tools, development of new project ideas). However, other WIP streams and issues with an explicit regional dimension will also need to be coordinated with the Regional Technical Advisory Board on waste's (RTAB's) responsibilities (e.g. New Technologies, regional market development, land use planning etc.). 
			   Emphasis on action and implementation, not a general policy forum, although policy issues cannot be excluded where they have an overt implementation angle. 
			   Seeking to secure the most comprehensive regional dissemination and feedback. 
			
			 East Midlands None East Midlands does not have a WRAG. 
			
			 Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber (Chair). To support local authorities and other partners in achieving improved performance on waste issues. 
			  Local Authorities. To act as a voice for Y&H Region with DEFRA and other national organisations and to be a mechanism to influence and support the implementation of DEFRA and other policy within the region. 
			  Local Government Yorkshire and Humber. Co-ordinating input to other regional forums and develop good communication links with them e.g. RTAB and RIWMS, Yorkshire Forward 
			  Environment Agency. Seek opportunities to share best practise and strengthen partnership working and networks and influence emerging projects and initiatives, including developing the most effective and efficient mechanism for regional dissemination. 
			  LARAC.  
			  Yorkshire Forward.  
			  Resources North.  
			  Resource Efficiency Yorkshire.  
			
			 South East None South East does not have a WRAG. 
			 South West None South West does not have a WRAG. 
			
			 North West The NW WRAG is chaired by GONW and comprised of representatives. The WRAG Remit includes: 
			  From: Government Office for the North West (chair and secretariat). A Strategic Focus on Municipal Waste in the NW and on Local Authority waste performance. 
			  Regional Technical advisory body 4NW regional leaders forum. Addressing issues relevant to DEFRA's waste implementation programme (WIP) (e.g. early review of emerging projects and tools, development of new project ideas). 
			  North West Development Agency The co-ordination of other WIP streams and issues with an explicit regional dimension (e.g. new technologies, regional market development, land use planning etc.). 
			  Environment Agency. Maximising regional dissemination of WIP to stakeholders through regional and sub-regional partnerships. 
			  3 x waste disposal authorities (including at least 1 Joint WDA). Collective feedback to DEFRA on consultations and emerging policies. 
			  5 x waste collection authorities (one per county area). Regional input to European, national and regional waste strategies, regional spatial strategy and emerging single regional strategy. 
			  Representation from five unitary authorities Joint consideration of appropriate bids for any future partnership funding e.g. WRAP and other DEFRA LA Waste funding and other funding providers. 
			  NWRF (North West Recycling Forum). Engage with/organise regional events, lever funding for seminars, workshops and conferences. 
			  WRAP (waste and resources action programme). The role of the WRAG is evolving in response to changes in the background against which the WRAG operates, notably in relation to regional governance. Partners in the region continue to see a need for the WRAG; and the group is currently involved in developing a programme of support to local delivery partners with the NW improvement and efficiency partnership. 
			  DEFRA WIP (as appropriate) CIWM.  
			  LARAC (local authority recycling committee).  
			  NW improvement and efficiency partnership

Tranquillisers

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 18 May 2009,  Official Report, columns 1228-30W, on tranquillisers, in what format information on the number of in-patient prescriptions dispensed is held.

Mike O'Brien: The extract of the Hospital Pharmacy Audit Index held by the NHS Information Centre for health and social care only shows the total volume (in terms of packs) issued from hospital pharmacy departments in a month. Reporting the total number of packs for selected drugs has little meaning as pack sizes can differ for the same drug or between different drugs. The Department is unable to state the number of prescriptions dispensed or supplied for patients. In addition, the number of patients treated with each pack is not known as a pack could be used to treat one patient or more.

Integrated Children's System

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 25 March 2009,  Official Report, columns 540-41W, on the integrated children's system, who developed the requirements for local authorities to procure systems from IT suppliers to support the delivery of the model.

Dawn Primarolo: The ICS requirements were originally produced as part of the Quality Protects Management Information project, by a team comprising Department of Health (latterly, following machinery of government changes, Department for Education and Skills) officials, local authority officers, and academics working in collaboration. Frontline social workers and managers were involved in development through consultative workshops and local trialling of materials. Commercial suppliers of children's social care systems were also consulted and informed.
	In order to learn about the processes involved in the provision of children's social care services the Department of Health consulted with local authorities and policy specialists. This enabled them to structure the broad information requirements in a logical, systematic way.
	The requirements have been subsequently updated by the DCSF, through a collaboration of policy and practice advisers with frontline social work experience and contracted specialists with knowledge of the production of industry-standard requirements documentation. The most recent requirements have taken account of technical queries raised at earlier stages by local authority officers, and were partly informed by a dedicated workshop with a number of local authority officers involved in ICS implementation.

Departmental Data Protection

James Brokenshire: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made.

Kevin Brennan: None.

Departmental Training

Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2009,  Official Report, column 697W, on departmental training, which Minister took part in  (a) training on the European Union,  (b) training on Cabinet Committees,  (c) foreign language lessons and  (d) media training; what each course involved; when each course took place; and what the total cost of each session was.

Kevin Brennan: Identifying Ministers who undertake training would, or would be likely to, discourage participation in future training sessions, acting as a disincentive for Ministers to undertake formal professional development.
	The Cabinet Committee and European Union courses incurred no cost to the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills. The short briefing session on each topic was delivered by the National School of Government in September 2008. The first covered an overview of cabinet committee processes. The EU session similarly looked at structures, processes hierarchy and the relationship with Whitehall.
	The foreign language lessons have cost £1,343 to date. These lessons in Italian have taken place weekly since October 2008.
	The media training course involved two sessions in April 2008. The overall cost for the two sessions was £1,276. The course looked at developing skills to communicate the Minister's remit in a particular area.
	All of these courses were one-to-one sessions delivered to Ministers.

Learning and Skills Council

Graham Stuart: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills who from his Department attended the reviews between Ministers and the Learning and Skills Council's Chairman and Chief Executive held on  (a) 16 June 2008,  (b) 21 October 2008 and  (c) 16 December 2008; and if he will make a statement.

Kevin Brennan: Review meetings are held jointly with the Department for Children Schools and Families. Each meeting is chaired by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Further Education, and attended by the director of the Department's Learning and Skills Performance Directorate. Other Ministers and officials from both Departments also attend depending on the agenda.

Learning and Skills Council

David Evennett: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the answer of 12 May 2009,  Official Report, column 672W, on the Learning and Skills Council, how much each lease held by the  (a) Learning and Skills Council and  (b) Higher Education Funding Council for England cost in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Kevin Brennan: The following table illustrates the lease paid from April 2008 to March 2009 for each building occupied by the Learning and Skills Council and Higher Education Funding Council.
	
		
			  April 2008-March 2009 
			   Lease paid (excluding VAT) 
			  The Learning and Skills Council  
			 Woburn Court, 2 Railton Road, Woburn Road Ind Estate, Kempston, MK42 7PN 51,000 
			 Pacific House, Imperial Way, Reading, RG2 0TF 303,996 
			 NTI Building, 15 Bartholomew Row, Birmingham, B5 5JU 526,590 
			 Units 6 and 7 Castle Court, 2 Castlegate Business Park, Dudley, DY1 4RD 69,344 
			 Provincial House, 25 Oxford Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8EY 143,650 
			 Stuart House, St Johns Street, City Road, Peterborough, PE1 5DD 160,445 
			 Dalton House, Dalton Way, Middlewich, CW10 0HU 25,272 
			 Allergate House, Belmont Business Park, Belmont, Durham, DH1 1TW 125,000 
			 Oak Tree Court, Binley Business Park, Harry Weston Road, Coventry, CV3 2UN 176,375 
			 Venture/Progress House, Regents Court, Guard Street, Workington, CA14 4EW 73,000 
			 1 Mallard Way, Pullman Business Park, Derby, DE24 8GX 49,000 
			 Foliot House, Budshead Road, Plymouth, PL6 5XR 165,000 
			 Penhaligon House, Princes Street, Truro, TR1 1DZ 50,400 
			 Richmond Court, Emperor Way, Exeter Business Park, Exeter, EX1 3QS 21,250 
			 Redwing House, Hedgerows Business Park, Colchester Road, Chelmsford, CM2 5PB 288,270 
			 Conway House, 33-35 Worcester Street, Gloucester, GL1 3AJ 198,750 
			 Eagle Point, Segensworth, Fareham, P015 5TD 285,500 
			 5 Brook Court, Whittington Hall, Whittington Road, Worcester, WR5 2ZX 72,269 
			 Grosvenor Road, 45 Grosvenor Road, St Albans, AL1 3 AW 940,705 
			 4 Earls Court, Henry Boot Way, Hull, HU4 7DY 52,149 
			 26 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Mailing, ME19 4AE 180,000 
			 Citigate, Longridge Road, Preston, PR2 5BQ 52,300 
			 17a Meridian East, Meridian Business Park, Leicester, LEI9 1UU 208,949 
			 Alpha Court, Unit IB, Alpha Court Business Park, Kingsley Road, Lincoln, LN6 3TA 40,625 
			 Centre Point, 103 New Oxford Street, London, WC1A 1DR 1,062,748 
			 Boardman House, 64 The Broadway, Stratford, London, El5 INT 232,115 
			 Dumayne House, 1 Fox Lane, Palmers Green, London, N13 4AB 295,610 
			 Canius House, 1 Scarbrook Road, Croydon, CRO 1SQ 269,000 
			 Central House, 3 Lampton Road, Hounslow, TW3 1HY 235,345 
			 Arndale House, Arndale Centre, Manchester, M4 3AQ 423,580 
			 The Plaza, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9QJ 87,372 
			 Latimer House, Langford Business Park, Langford Locks, Kidlington, 0X5 1GG 265,600 
			 Cheylesmore House North, Quinton Road, Cheylesmore, Coventry, CV1 2WT 610,620 
			 Cheylesmore House South, Quinton Road, Cheylesmore, Coventry, CV1 2WT 1,000,000 
			 Security House, Mile Lane, Cheylesmore, Coventry, CV21 2NL 24,658 
			 Lakeside 500, Old Chapel Way, Broadland Business Park, Norwich, NR7 OWG 52,650 
			 Royal Pavilion, Summerhouse Road, Moulton Park Ind Estate, Northampton, NN3 6BJ 266,500 
			 7 Pioneer Business Park, Amy Johnson Way, Clifton Moorgate, York, YO30 4TN 97,465 
			 C/O MLS Business Centre, City Gate East, Toll House Hill, Nottingham, NGl 5FY 122,055 
			 Hollinswood House, Suite Gl, Stafford Court, Telford, TF3 3DD 24,300 
			 Kingston House, Blackbrook Park Avenue, Taunton, TA1 2PX 48,527 
			 The Straddle, Victoria Quays, Wharf Street, Sheffield, S2 5SY 335,000 
			 Festival Way, Festival Park, Stoke-On-Trent, ST1 5TQ 69,700 
			 Felaw Makings, 42 Felaw Street, Ipswich, IP2 8SJ 133,925 
			 Technology House, 48-54 Goldsworth Road, Woking, GU21 6LE 178,416 
			 Princes House, 53 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XB 332,972 
			 Wynyard House, Wynyard Park, Billingham,TS22 5TB 65,088 
			 Moongate House, 5th Avenue Business Park, Team Valley, Gateshead, NEl1 OHF 210,000 
			 St Lawrence House, 29-31 Broad Street, Bristol, BS1 2HF 261,472 
			 Mercury House, 4 Manchester Road, Bradford, BD5 OQL 422,000 
			 The Bora Building, Westlea Campus, Westlea Down, Swindon, SN5 7EZ 192,300 
			   
			  Higher Education Funding Council for England  
			 Northavon House, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QD 739,241 
			 12th Floor Centre Point 03 New Oxford Street LONDON WC1A 1DD 205,590

Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 
	(1)  how much has been received by universities in fees from foreign students taught in higher education institutions in each year since 2006;
	(2)  when he plans to answer question 269161, tabled on 1 April 2009, on fees received from foreign students taught in higher education institutions.

David Lammy: The latest published information on course fees paid by non-EU domiciled students is shown in the table. This is the only centrally-held information available regarding institutions' income from foreign students. This is shown alongside the total income of higher education institutions in England.
	
		
			  Non-EU domiciled students HE course fees and total income English higher education institutions, academic year 2006/07 and 2007/08 
			   £  000 
			   Non-EU domiciled course fees  Total income 
			 2006/07 1,472,893 17,591,618 
			 2007/08 1,619,689 19,400,191 
			  Source:  Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student finance record.